Cleo Williams Matthews, age 94, passed away on Tuesday, January 2, 2018. Born in Edgecombe County on September 5, 1923, she was the daughter of the late Charles Thomas Williams, Sr. and Lucille Taylor Williams. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Williams Cecil Matthews; son, Charles David Ellis; daughter, Audrey Ellis Edmundson; son-in-law, Rusty Edmundson; brothers, C.T., J.D., Phillip, Glenn, Milton, and Aaron Williams; sisters, Margaret William Ellis, Shirley Williams Proctor, and Rachel Williams; sisters-in-law, Margaret and Louise Williams; and brother-in-law, Ed Ellis.

She is survived by four grandhilcren; seven great-granchildren; two great-great grandchildren; sister, Nancy Ellis and husband, Bobby; and brothers, Don Williams and wife, Jenelle, and Oliver Williams and wife, Julia; sisters-in-law, Peggy Calhoun Williams, Patsy Edwards Williams, and Susie Kall; brother-in-law, James Proctor.

A funeral service will be held on Friday, January 5, 2018 at 2 p.m. in the Chapel of Wheeler & Woodlief Funeral Home & Cremation Services with Rev. Larry Curtis officiating. Burial will follow at Forest Hill Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be from 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM prior to the service in the Atrium of Wheeler & Woodlief Funeral Home.

Flowers are welcome or memorials may be made to First Baptist Church, 200 S. Church Street, Rocky Mount, NC 27804.

Arrangements by Wheeler & Woodlief Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Rocky Mount.